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Item specifics
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- Release Year
- 2005
- ISBN
- 9781584654919
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Dartmouth College
ISBN-10
1584654910
ISBN-13
9781584654919
eBay Product ID (ePID)
45577145
Product Key Features
Book Title
Newport Through Its Architecture : a History of Styles from Postmedieval to Postmodern
Number of Pages
324 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Historic Preservation / General, Regional
Publication Year
2005
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Architecture
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
56.9 Oz
Item Length
11 in
Item Width
8.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2005-005117
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"From Peter Harrison to Pietro Belluschi, Newport's architects and builders have left a remarkable legacy of greatÑand often groundbreakingÑdesign. Happily, a strong local commitment to preservation (such as that demonstrated by Salve Regina University) has kept much of this legacy intactÑand now Professor James Yarnall has produced a book that celebrates this historic city's treasures with exemplary scholarship and clarity. These pages should inspire everyone who cares about America's architectural heritage to schedule a trip to Newport right away." ÑRichard Moe, President, National Trust for Historic Preservation, "From Peter Harrison to Pietro Belluschi, Newport's architects and builders have left a remarkable legacy of great-and often groundbreaking-design. Happily, a strong local commitment to preservation (such as that demonstrated by Salve Regina University) has kept much of this legacy intact-and now Professor James Yarnall has produced a book that celebrates this historic city's treasures with exemplary scholarship and clarity. These pages should inspire everyone who cares about America's architectural heritage to schedule a trip to Newport right away." -Richard Moe, President, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Makes a significant contribution, not only to the history of architecture in Newport, but also to the history of architecture in the United States . . . descriptive enough to satisfy the architectural scholar, while at the same time explanatory enough to allow the casual reader to appreciate the field., From Peter Harrison to Pietro Belluschi, Newport's architects and builders have left a remarkable legacy of great-and often groundbreaking-design. Happily, a strong local commitment to preservation (such as that demonstrated by Salve Regina University) has kept much of this legacy intact-and now Professor James Yarnall has produced a book that celebrates this historic city's treasures with exemplary scholarship and clarity. These pages should inspire everyone who cares about America's architectural heritage to schedule a trip to Newport right away., "Makes a significant contribution, not only to the history of architecture in Newport, but also to the history of architecture in the United States . . . descriptive enough to satisfy the architectural scholar, while at the same time explanatory enough to allow the casual reader to appreciate the field."-M. Hunter Ulf, Vice President, New England Chapter, American Institute of Architects,, "Makes a significant contribution, not only to the history of architecture in Newport, but also to the history of architecture in the United States . . . descriptive enough to satisfy the architectural scholar, while at the same time explanatory enough to allow the casual reader to appreciate the field."ÑM. Hunter Ulf, Vice President, New England Chapter, American Institute of Architects, "From Peter Harrison to Pietro Belluschi, Newport's architects and builders have left a remarkable legacy of great--and often groundbreaking--design. Happily, a strong local commitment to preservation (such as that demonstrated by Salve Regina University) has kept much of this legacy intact--and now Professor James Yarnall has produced a book that celebrates this historic city's treasures with exemplary scholarship and clarity. These pages should inspire everyone who cares about America's architectural heritage to schedule a trip to Newport right away." --Richard Moe, President, National Trust for Historic Preservation, "Makes a significant contribution, not only to the history of architecture in Newport, but also to the history of architecture in the United States . . . descriptive enough to satisfy the architectural scholar, while at the same time explanatory enough to allow the casual reader to appreciate the field."-M. Hunter Ulf, Vice President, New England Chapter, American Institute of Architects, "Makes a significant contribution, not only to the history of architecture in Newport, but also to the history of architecture in the United States . . . descriptive enough to satisfy the architectural scholar, while at the same time explanatory enough to allow the casual reader to appreciate the field."--M. Hunter Ulf, Vice President, New England Chapter, American Institute of Architects
Dewey Decimal
728/.37/097457
Table Of Content
Foreword - M. Therese Antone, R.S.M. * Preface and Acknowledgments * A Geographical and Historical Note on Aquidneck Island * Introduction * The Postmedieval Jacobean Style and Newport's Founding * The Georgian Styles before the Revolutionary War * Federal and Greek Revival Architecture, 1780-1840 * The Gothic Revival of the 1830s and 1840s * The Italian Villa and Italianate Architecture of the 1850s * The French Roof and the Civil War Era * The Stick Style of the 1860s and 1870s * Queen Anne Variants, 1870-1890 * The Shingle Style before 1885 * The Colonial Revival after 1885 * The Beginnings of Beaux-Arts Newport, 1880-1890 * Richard Morris Hunt and the Beaux-Arts, 1888-1895 * The Beaux-Arts and Academic Eclecticism in the Twentieth Century * Modernism from the Bauhaus to Postmodernism * Appendix: A Brief Listing of Selected Newport Buildings by Architect * Notes * Selected Bibliography * Index
Synopsis
A remarkable coincidence of unplanned historical events has preserved Newport, Rhode Island's architectural heritage in a way that is rare among American cities. Newport has the largest number of pre-Revolutionary War buildings in North America, with some 800 in its old historic districts. In the nineteenth century, Newport was the summer home to America's most prominent families and patrons of outstanding architecture. With a diverse range of styles, Newport exemplified the greatness of mid-nineteenth-century American architecture. As Newport gained social importance in the 1880s, the Bellevue Avenue and Ochre Point neighborhoods became the sites of lavish Beaux-Arts palatial residences. Newport's twentieth-century architecture explored all modern currents, ranging from progressive Bauhaus functionalism as it evolved into the International Style of the 1950s to more conservative Art Deco and Scandinavian Modernism. After 1975, the postmodern era gave rise to a spirit of preservation and adaptive reuse, inspiring the Modern Traditionalism of architects such as Robert A. M. Stern. In a more vernacular vein, postmodern shopping centers, restaurants, and commercial establishments provided fertile ground for an especially well-informed postmodern kitsch.
LC Classification Number
NA735.N54Y37 2005
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